Urn bag retainer



E. H. SIELING 2,496,757

URN BAG RETAINER Feb, 195

Filed Sept. 6, 194

Patented Feb. 7, 1950 UNITED STA E s PAr T OFFICE My invention relates generally to coffee-urns, but it has more particular reference to a structure for holding and supporting the bag used in these urns, which said structure is adapted to maintain the bag in a spread manner by ring-shaped members, and preferably resting upon or in different positions relative to theurn jar.

In designing my present article, I have elimi hated and overcome manyof the objections and disadvantages which are inherent in the structures that have heretofore been used. I have provided the ring, that is threaded in thebag hem or heading, with a detachable bail that has a hand-grasp by which the bag may be handled when inserting it into or removing it from the urn, and I have also provided theabove structure with means for spreading the lower or. bottom portion of the bag. These parts made of wire may be metal strips or other suitable material that is preferably bent into the desired shape. The ring, the bail and the bagspreader I prefer to form as in integral unit. Y,

In connection with the novel ring and spreader for the bag, I have provided a novel frame adapted for co-action with said ring and spreader for supporting the structure within the urn in a manner that will raise the bottomof thebag to a plane above the level of the brewed coffee in the jar inside the urn. This supporter mayalso be formed from wire; metal strips-or other suitable material that is shaped to constitute aunit that co-acts with the other partof myde-' vice. Primarily, the object of my present invention is the provision of an urn bag holder and supporter that is effective and dependable in operation, and which has no moving or hinged parts to get out of order. Another and equally important object is to provide a device of this character that may be readily produced at a very small manufacturing cost. Further objects of my invention-are to provide a device for urn bags that is novel in construction, is madeq'of sturdy parts, is dependable in use, and which may be assembled readily and quickly with the urn bag and the urn. v I prefer to carry out my invention and to accomplish the numerous objects thereof in substantially the manner hereinafter fully described, 7 and as more particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being herein-made to the accompanying drawings that forma part of this specification. In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of ,my improved retainer device for urn bags.

Fig. 2 is a vertical fragmental section ofan urn showing my invention applied thereto; and Fig. 3 is another vertical fragmental section showing the supporter structure removed, and

I the ring and spreader resting upon the urn jar.

into the coil 6, the hooked end The drawings, it will be understood, are more or lessschematic for the purpose of disclosing a typical or preferred form in which my invention may be made, and in said drawings I have employedthe same reference like parts wherever several views.

It is a purpose of my invention to form the ring and the bail out of a single length of stout yield able wire, strip metal or the like, which is herein referred to as a strip or length of material in order. to; avoid confusion of terms. It will be appreciated that the structures may be fabricated, or formed from-any convenient material without departing from the principles of my invention.

. Referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the strip is bent to provide a split ring 5 with a hollow coil 6 at one, side of the split. The coil 6 is adapted to receive the end I, which is offset inwardly of the ring at the end of the piece of material at the. opposite side of the split, and frictionally retains the proximate ends of the ring together in a telescopic manner. The end of the split ring containing the offset end is shown detached from the hollow coil in dotted lines in Fig. l. A further disclosure of the connection between the ends of the split ring will be found in my pending application for patent on Retainer, Serial No. 601,294, filed June 23, 1945 (now abandoned).

The bag 8 is preferably of suitable woven material such .as used in coffee urns for making drip coffee. The bag is provided with a tubular hem or heading 9 at its mouth or upper edge to receive the ring 5. In assembling the bag upon the ring, the'free end I of the ring is inserted through a transverse entrance slot in the tubular hem -9, and the bag isthen threaded on until it extends entirely-around the ring. The end 1 of the ring is-then inserted into the coil 6 and thus held in place.

After f'orming the coil 6, the strip is extended preferably diametrically toward the opposite side of the ring 5 toprovide a bail tance from each end the bail is provided with upwardly extended oblique portions II that incline towards each other, and between these inclinedportions the strip is formed with the reverse bends l2 that are connected by straight longitudinally'disposed portions l3 that are preferably parallel to each other, and which together constitute a handle or hand-grasp by which the ring-is manually held. At the free end of the bail, which is opposite the coil 6, the strip is provided with an upturned hook l4 that is adapted to engage the adjacent portion of the ring to detachably hold the bailin position.

When the end I of the ring has been inserted 14 of the bail is characters to designate they appear throughoutthe H). A short dis- 1 portion of the ring, compressing the ring will pass beyond the ring is preferably provided with oppositely disposed upstanding loops I6 which project up toward and pass around the end portions of the bail between the oblique portions H and the ends of the bail. These loops I6 have side-by-side portions that are preferably united to each other by brazing or otherwise, and the portions that pass around the bail are also similarly treated to provide rigidity to the structure.

When a small quantity of coifee is being brewed, the level of which will not reach the bottom of the bag in the urn, the ring 5 may be placed directly upon the top of the usual porcelain or glass jar [7 that receives the brewed coffee. Howit is the practice coffee and will beverage. t

I have overcome this defect by providing, as a part result in the production of a poor formed with ders near their lower ends to support the lower annular member. The annular members retain the uprights 19 in spaced apart relation. The upper ends of these uprights extend over the upper annular member l8, and are provided with outwardly disposed lateral lips 2| that project outwardly far enough to provide support for the bag ring 5. The shoulders 20 constitute means which engage and rest upon the top edge or rim of the jar l1, and the lower ends 22 of the uprights 19 are long enough to extend down into the jar against the inner surface thereof. The supporting device is first positioned in the urn in the manner just described, and then the combined ring and spreader, with the bag thereon, is placed in the cage-like support as shown in the drawings, with the upper portion of the bag an uneven or irregular distribution overlying the upper annular member of the sup- From the foregoing explanation, it will be seen the two units no unnecessary limitations are to be understood therefrom.

. What I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination ring, said spreader ring and the bag to be bodily removed as a unit from EDWARD H.

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